Child&#39;s carriage.



No. 645,25l. Patented Mar. l3, I900.

c. F. DITTMAR.

cHlLDs CARRIAGE.

(Application filed Sapf. 5, 1899.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. DITTMAR, OF MILlVAUKEE, \VISCONSIN.

,CHILDS CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,251, dated March 13, 1900.

Application filed September 5, 1899. Serial No. 729, 168. (No model.) I

following is a full, clear, and exact descrip-.

tion thereof.

My invention relates to vehicles for chil-' dren; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts, as will be fully set forth hereinafter and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view, taken on the line 1 1 of Fig. 2, through the body of a childs carriage embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the same, takenon the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the upper or seat part,and B the lower or foot part, of a childs carriage, said parts being of any ordinary and well-known construction.

0 0 represent parallel side rails which extend beneath the base D of the carriage and which project slightly in front of the rear wall of the lower part B thereof.

E E designate a pair of rack-bars or stepped supports secured so as to extend below the plane of the base D of the upper part of the carriage, and F represents the adjustable step or foot-rest, the latter being provided at its ends with transverse strips 1) b, the projecting rear ends of which are formed with oblique slots 0 therethrough for travel on the said rack-bars, the forward walls of said slots engaging with any desired steps 01 d of the rack-bars and the rear walls of said slots forming stops against the rear edge of the rack-bars, whereby the said step F is held by its own weight at any elevation to which it rack-bars or stepped supports, and an adj ust able step or foot-rest provided with transverse strips formed with oblique-walled slots through their projecting rear ends for travel upon said rack-bars and engagement with the steps thereof.

2. In a childs carriage, the combination with the body thereof, of a pair of stationary inclined rack-bars, secured one at each side of said carriage-body, a step arranged transversely to said rack-bars; and a pair of strips secured, one at each end, to said step, and having rearWardly-projecting ends formed with oblique-walled slots therethrough for adjustable engagement with said rack-bars.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES F. DITTMAR.

WVitnesses:

H. G. UNDERWOOD, B. C. RoLoFF. 

